# Fractures at Royalaire Mechanical Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087066` · 8/1/2016 · WESLEY CHAPEL, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Royalaire Mechanical Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 8845 Old Pasco Road, WESLEY CHAPEL, FLORIDA, 33544
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 08/01/2016, an employee was working on a 12-foot ladder gluing PVC pipe onto the ceiling when a brace on the ladder broke, causing the employee to fall 12 feet to the floor. The employee suffered broken ribs and a fractured pelvis.

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